Karl Futterer

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Karl Josef Xaver Futterer (born January 2, 1866 in Stockach ; † February 17, 1906 in Karlsruhe ) was a German Asian researcher and geologist .

Life

Futterer was born on January 2, 1866, the son of the Stockach domain administrator Xaver Futterer and his wife Melanie, née Kaiser, in the town of Stockach, which is now part of Baden-Württemberg . On January 7, he was baptized a Catholic in the name of Karl Josef Xaver Futterer .

He attended grammar school in Heidelberg , graduated from high school there in 1885 and then studied at the universities in Heidelberg and Berlin . After a doctorate and brief activities at the geological-mineralogical institute in Freiburg and as a teacher in Karlsruhe , Futterer worked at the Berlin Museum of Natural History and later as a private lecturer in geology and paleontology at the Berlin University.
In 1895 Karl Futterer moved to the Technical University of Karlsruhe as an associate professor for geology and mineralogy , where two years later he was given a full professorship and from 1899 still held the position of director of the mineralogical-geological department at the Grand Ducal Natural History Cabinet .

In addition to geological and paleontological work on Baden , Futterer dealt with earthquakes , the chalk of the Alps , the geology of the Urals , the Jura of East Africa , mountain formation and talent formation, deep-sea sediments and aeolian erosion in the deserts .

Karl Futterer died on February 17, 1906 of a serious, incurable nerve disease.

Asia expedition

From August 1, 1897 on, for two years, Futterer led an expedition to Asia , equipped by the Baden governor, Julius Holderer . After Turkestan , they crossed the Pamir Mountains and reached the old caravan junction of Kaxgar . From there the expedition reached the upper reaches of the Yellow River via the northern Silk Road and continued through eastern Tibet and China to Shanghai .

Both researches were reflected in the extensive three-volume publication “ Through Asia ”. Futterer's reports contributed considerably to the scientific knowledge of Central Asia, particularly of Tibet and the Gobi Desert .

Works (selection)

  • The general geological results of recent research in Central Asia and China , Gotha , 1896
  • Through Asia. Experiences, research and collections during the official Dr. Holderer's journey undertaken , three volumes, Berlin, 1901 to 1911
  • Geographical sketch of the Gobi desert between Hami and Sutschôu , Gotha, 1902
  • Land and people in northeast Tibet , in: Journal of the Society for Geography in Berlin , 1903
  • Geographical sketch of northeast Tibet , Gotha, 1903

literature

  • Hans Wagner: The Asian researcher and geologist Karl Futterer . In: Hegau Library . tape 11 . Association for the history of the Hegaus e. V., Radolfzell 1967.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Joseph Xaver Futterer in German Biography ; accessed on December 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ Max Pfannenstiel:  Futterer, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 744 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Futterer, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Futterer, Karl Josef Xaver (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist and Asian researcher
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockach
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1906
Place of death Karlsruhe